Exploring The JOC, Johnston Island 

I remember many smoke breaks on that balcony. View is a bit different now. The bird noise is impressive!

I was stationed there with the USAF in 1972-1973. I worked in that building, in the crypto vault. I was a Crypto Maintenance Tech. We had a communications center and tech control. As I recall the cable head and telephone central office were on the same floor. Seeing it as it is now it's hard to imagine how busy things were at the time. The Vietnam War and the Cold War kept us busy. I spent a lot of time in the photo lab on the roof. There were camera mounts and a sliding roof that were intended to be used to photograph flight paths of test rockets. I became the default photographer for the island until a photographer from Hickam was sent down. In 1972, a hurricane came right across the island and tore up things. We were evacuated to Honolulu during the storm. It's sad to see what has happened to the island since then.

I was there from 1990-1992. I worked on the 3rd floor in Security, Plans, Operations and Training. Thanks for the video.

Loved visiting there in the mid 1990's from Tripler. It was like visiting "la la land". The breeze. The hum of the incinerator like some blanketing "white noise" over the island, lulling you to sleep. The snorkeling. The food. The outdoor theater! I always wondered what would happen if a tsunami hit... Even a 10 foot one... (wink)

Wow, thanks for showing us this.

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for showing us this. I have often wondered what the point was of tearing down the insides of that building and leaving access to the inside? If the USA should ever need the use of that island again in the future, everything will have to be rebuilt, which seems so senseless!

Amazing watching the videos of the early 1990's of the atoll. A tiny country had been created. A bit sad seeing it now. The upside is that it's become a nature reserve.

Great footage!

The golf course looks different. I spent some time there & of course the decon area.

Excellent footage!!

I’ll volunteer right now! Let me know.

Definitely need a respirator, Mold, and who knows what else is flying around in there.

I wonder if there is a functioning radio repeater on the roof of that building? It would facilitate communication over that atoll.

You must have come in through the Decon entrance.

i worked on 3rd floor of joc building installing teletype ,i was TDY from Clark ab in 1969 when Nixon came there

I worked in the only building standing in1991

@3:02 looks to be some sort of decontamination station. Telling folks to hold their breath while removing their mask implies that some sort of dust got on their masks that would be dangerous to inhale. There were various cleanups on that island related to plutonium contamination, asbestos, chemical weapons etc.

I know this all too well. Worked 70hr weeks in this building removing extremely friable asbestos within a type c supplied air containment in 2004-05 returning this island to the wild “Back to the Birds” they said. In my opinion this was a severely unsupervised and unsafe project that I participated in. One of my biggest regrets. Comment if you worked on Johnston Atoll and have any comments

Very cool video, thanks for sharing

The birds how they can get fresh water??

Runway survey and inspection? Are they looking at reopening this location

It sounds like they are going to re-open the base if you are taking military personnel and contractors out to do a runway survey and inspection. Did they say when they would start work?

Wondering how you retrieve fresh water on Johnston?

Does anyone know what these stanchions with hoops on top are? 11:40 Thx in advance ~

I thought this place is contaminated with nuclear waste and unsafe for anyone to visit accept for birds!

E' davvero assurdo cha andiate su un isola radioattiva e tossica come questa senza l'uso di una protezione adeguata per il viso 😢